By Ross Kramer and Suzanne Jaffe Bloom (April 26, 2018, 8:50 PM EDT) -- Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction on Thursday after a retrial in Pennsylvania demonstrates how the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements — aimed at exposing systemic sexual harassment, assault and abuse, and empowering victims — are having a profound impact on the legal landscape, and on the entertainment industry in particular. The Cosby proceedings provide a perfect case in point, as seen in the stark contrast between his first trial in June 2017 — in which the judge permitted testimony from one alleged victim in addition to the accuser — and his retrial in April 2018 — in which the same judge permitted testimony from five alleged victims in addition to the accuser. The drastic change in the Cosby proceedings — and indeed the outcome of the case — may have hinged as much on a social climate that is now substantially more supportive and welcoming of the testimony of victims in these types of cases as on any legal arguments raised by the parties....